Listen, and you will realize that we are made not from cells or from atoms. We are made from stories.

He who seeks eternity should look at the sky, he who seeks the moment, should look at the cloud.

Ideas, we all know, are not born in people's heads. They begin somewhere out there, loose wisps of smoke swirling directionless in their search for a befitting mind.

Love is a territory where orders can't be issued.

Our official histories of our countries and societies are made of forgetfulness.

I was eleven years old when I saw a woman for the first time, and I was seized by such sudden surprise that I burst into tears.

After us, there was no more world to receive anyone.

I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.

Poverty of character is not a personality flaw, its is the bankruptcy of morals

We should look at how "the enemy" - people that you wouldn't necessarily agree with - have done change and see whether there's bits in there that we could learn from.

At a certain age I just stopped arguing. I realized that there was no way [my father] could see, because for him to approve of what I was doing, he would have to have some belief in me as a musician.

One of the Great Rules of Economics According to John Green If you are rich, you have to be an idiot not to stay rich. And if you are poor, you have to be really smart to get rich.

With the history of us, a book wouldn't necessarily be the best thing.

Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, 'I have been harmed.' Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away.

It is an imprudence common to kings to listen to too much advice and to err in their choice.

Music has been a fantastic guidance for me. I'll be eternally thankful for this guidance.

Oh, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware.